There are 95 articles, webinars, books and videos in this category.
Blog Post
Chronic Suicidality vs. Acute Crisis
When thinking about the experience of “being suicidal,” many people often imagine singular, acute crises. However,...
Article
Zero Suicide: What about “Treat”?
In this Crisis-The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention editorial, Julie Goldstein Grumet and...
Article
Novel Telehealth Adaptations for Evidence-Based Outpatient Suicide Treatment: Feasibility and Effectiveness...
This Healthcare study evaluates Crisis Care, a telehealth-adapted version of the CAMS Framework®, delivered to...
Article
An observational pilot of the collaborative assessment and management of suicidality...
Can a single 60-minute session make a meaningful difference for inpatients experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors?...
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The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality vs. Treatment as Usual:...
This retrospective study compared CAMS — a collaborative, structured approach to suicide risk assessment —...
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Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality in the Aftercare Focus Study:...
This dissertation by Phoebe McCutchan examines whether the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality...
Article
The Suicide Status Form-4 (SSF-IV) as a Potentially Therapeutic Suicide Risk...
The first direct empirical test of a long-standing claim: that the SSF — the core...
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Reducing Short-Term Suicide Risk After Hospitalization: A Randomized Controlled Trial of...
This randomized controlled trial tested whether the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS), delivered...
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The Content of Patient-Identified Suicidal Drivers within CAMS Treatment Planning
CAMS treats suicide by targeting the "drivers" patients themselves identify as fueling their suicidality. Prior...
Article
The Hope Institute Approach to Suicidal Risk
The Hope Institute offers a groundbreaking alternative to traditional suicide care. Rather than relying on...
Video
What Stops People Seeking Help?
A compelling evidence-based talk examining why suicide prevention in the UK continues to fall short...
Blog Post
Suicide Risk Following Hospital Discharge
Hospitals face critical gaps in post-discharge suicide prevention. See how CAMS improves risk assessment, safety planning,...
Video
CAMS Brief Intervention: 360 Degrees of Support
Dr. Kevin Crowley from CAMS Care presents a comprehensive training on suicide prevention in emergency healthcare...
Case Study
KVC Health Systems’ 6-Step Guide to Implementing CAMS with Private Funding
How does a large multi-state behavioral health system actually roll out CAMS in the real world...
Article
The Rollins College Wellness Center focused on reducing student hospitalizations using...
All across the country college wellness and counseling centers are dealing with an increasing number...
Webinar
Hidden Lessons from Black Suicide Science
In this webinar, Dr. Walker will discuss patterns of suicide death, highlight relevant research from the...
Webinar
Supporting Clients Between Sessions: Peer Support and New Data from NowMattersNow
When clients are struggling most, support often needs to extend beyond the therapy hour. This webinar...
Webinar
The Network Effect: Turning Connection into Protection in Suicide Prevention
Communities are made up of relationship networks, but we rarely consider how the structure of these...
Article
Cultural Perspectives on Suicide: How Different Societies Approach Prevention
When it comes to suicide prevention, cultural awareness is extremely important. Every culture has...
Article
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Suicidality
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder characterized by ongoing differences and challenges in social...
Webinar
Fact vs Fiction: What Actually Works in Contemporary Clinical Suicidology- 2025...
This presentation will systematically review the history of dealing with suicidal risk from its medieval origins,...
Article
How CAMS Empowers Families to Support Suicidal Loved Ones
Youth mental health remains a growing concern in the U.S. According to...
Article
Best Therapies for Managing Suicidal Thoughts
Navigating suicidal thoughts can feel isolating. However, suicidal ideation is more...
Webinar
Healthcare System-based Case Formulation of Suicide Events after Acute Care
This presentation will focus on exploring foundational principles of healthcare system-based case formulation using the Exploratory,...
Webinar
Modeling the Complexity of Suicide and Self-Harm using Computational Clinical Science
Because of our rising suicide rate, the United States Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, called mental health...
Article
Suicide in Healthcare Workers: U.S. Rates, Risk Factors, and Prevention
Healthcare workers play a crucial role in our world. From routine care...
Article
The Role of Family Estrangement in Suicidal Ideation: Understanding the Connection...
Family is a central part of most people’s lives, but when family...
Webinar
Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention
Because of our rising suicide rate, the United States Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, called mental health...
Webinar
New Directions in Suicide Safety Planning: The Project Life Force (PLF)...
Dr. Goodman describes the development and testing of a novel treatment - \"Project Life Force (PLF)\"...
Webinar
Colorado’s Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention: What’s Working
Dr. Lena Heilmann, Director of the Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention (OSP) will provide an overview...
Webinar
2024 CAMS Update and Introducing CAMS Brief Intervention
In this suicide prevention month webinar, Dr. Jobes will discuss recent updates based on clinical trial...
Article
Suicide Prevention: Why Are Therapists Rarely Trained in Suicide Prevention &...
Rates for death by suicide are on the rise and sadly, those we turn to for...
Webinar
Strengths-Based Approaches to Suicide Prevention in the Black Community
In this talk, Dr. Brooks Stephens will review socio-cultural risk factors for suicide among Black youth...
Article
Jumping in the Hole
I suffered for years with constant thoughts of ending my life, eventually coming to find comfort...
Webinar
Zero Suicide – Outcomes and Opportunities
Consistent with the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, Zero Suicide called for improved suicide identification and...
Webinar
Improving Outpatient Suicide Treatment, a Better Alternative to EDs and Hospitals
This presentation will highlight the need for a paradigm shift in suicide care, describe our innovative...
Webinar
Stigma, Shame, and Suicide Webinar
The connection between stigma, shame and suicide will be discussed, with a focus on not just...
Webinar
Innovations in Clinical Suicide Prevention: 2023 CAMS Update and the 3rd...
This webinar will delve into the latest research and tools presented in the new book, written...
Webinar
Black Suicidology Summit Webinar
We will examine the socio-historical context of systemic disparities, provide intersectional discourse on current risk/preventative factors,...
Webinar
Empirical, Clinical, and Conceptual Evidence Converges to Indicate Good Support for...
On-Demand webinar hosted by Dr. David A. Jobes and Thomas Joiner.
A Voice of Autistic Adulthood: Suicide & Other Challenges Amongst Autistic...
Think of the word: autism. What image comes to mind? How would you describe an autistic...
Webinar
Essential DBT Skills for Individuals Who are Suicidal and the People...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a comprehensive psychological treatment that was originally developed for borderline personality...
Article
10 Tips for Using CAMS with Adherence
For a proven intervention to be effective in the field, clinicians must use the intervention with...
Webinar
10 Tips for Clinical Management of Suicide Risk
Clinicians often face anxiety and uncertainty in managing and treating suicide risk. This presentation will highlight...
Article
The Stepped Care Model in Clinical Suicide Prevention
This article describes several applications and uses of CAMS at all service levels and highlights CAMS-related...
Webinar
What Future? How People Who Are Suicidal Look Beyond the Present...
Delve into the cognitive processes of suicidal individuals as they envision their future with Dr. Cha's...
Article
Cultivating Perspectives | Managing Suicidal Risk, 3rd Edition
One of my favorites that is central to successful psychotherapy is the “cultivation of perspective.” In...
Article
“It’s Not About the Nail”: confession of a problem-solver
When I was initially being trained to be a Suicide Prevention Call Specialist, I found it...
Article
Clinician-Survivors: The Peril and Promise of Risking to Care
As a clinician and suicide treatment researcher, I have contemplated for decades the prospect of losing...
Webinar
Why do Black Males Consider Suicide?
Suicidologist have focused on the quality and reproducibility of the science of why people die by...
Article
Suicide Status Form Intake: Integrating a Culturally Informed Interview Process
The Suicide Status Form (SSF) is part of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)...
Article
Podcast: To Hospitalize or Not to Hospitalize, the Question Most Therapists...
In this interview, Dave discusses his career in researching suicide and how Marsha Lineman encouraged him...
Webinar
Telehealth: A Critical Tool for Treating Suicidal Risk On-Demand
David Jobes, the creator of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality, discusses the benefits of...
Article
Suicide Risk: Effective Clinical Assessment, Management, & Treatment
Misunderstandings are common when dealing with suicide risk in clinical settings. Visit to gain some clarification...
Webinar
When It is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide On-Demand
Based around his new book, Dr. Rory O'Connor will try to dispel myths around suicide.
Article
Why CAMS Works for Suicidal Ideation: What the Evidence Shows
I am delighted to blog about a brand-new meta-analysis of nine clinical trials showing robust support...
Article
CAMS Meta-Analysis: Intervention for Suicidal Ideation
A recent rigorous meta-analysis of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality ("CAMS") showed that it...
Article
Lethal Means Safety and CAMS
It is interesting how ideas and constructs within suicide prevention that have been around for many...
Webinar
404 ERROR: Mistakes We Need to Stop Making in Suicidology On-Demand
In this webinar, Dr. David Klonsky suggests that we overvalue predicting suicide -- so much so...
Article
The NEED for Competence and Confidence
I recently recorded a two-hour workshop on Zoom for a virtual presentation at the Psychotherapy Networker...
Webinar
Suicide Prevention in Healthcare Settings On-Demand
Christine Moutier, M.D., AFSP's Chief Medical Officer, David Jobes, Ph.D., professor and creator of CAMS, and...
Webinar
On-Demand: Providing Effective, Risk Managed Treatment for Potentially Suicidal Patients in...
Dr. Jobes and Dr. Eric Harris discuss a way for psychologists to build awareness about using...
Article
Meeting the Growing Need for Training in Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention and...
CAMS-care recognizes this growing need to make effective training available to healthcare workers and clinicians to...
Article
Considering Suicidal Ideation—Again!
In recent years I have spoken, published, and blogged about the relative importance of suicidal ideation...
Case Study
Vermont’s Zero Suicide Initiative
Vermont’s suicide rate has increased by 73.1% since 1999, which marks the 4th largest increase of...
Article
First Touch: Administrative Policy vs. Caring Concern, Empathy, Validation, and Truth
I believe there is often a unique moment, a window, of potential engagement that is squandered...
Article
Jaspr: Using Avatars in Emergency Departments with Suicidal Patients Brings New...
I was told about a fascinating study that was conducted at the University of Boston using...
Webinar
Suicide and Older Adults: On-Demand
Join Dr. Jobes & guest Dr. Yeates Conwell in their webinar, as they discuss suicide in...
Article
Fear of Suicidal Patients and Taking the Risk to Care
A recent AAS listserv exchange got me thinking about the abject fear that many mental health...
Article
A Guide to Contextualizing the Reality of Systemic Racism and Black...
In this second part of this three-part series, we will examine the current research and evidence-based...
Article
Embedding an Evidence-Based Model for Suicide Prevention in the National Health...
This article describes a systems-level process improvement effort in the United Kingdom to raise the standard...
Webinar
Suicide and Communities of Color: On-Demand
Dr. David Jobes and Dr. Molock discuss why suicide rates are significantly higher in colored communities...
Article
A Guide to Contextualizing the Reality of Systemic Racism and Black...
The mortality rate for COVID-19 has been disproportionately affecting the African American, Latinx, and Indigenous communities.
Obstacles to Suicide Prevention and Treatment Training
Suicide claims one person in the U.S. every 12 minutes, according to the CDC. That’s 123...
Article
Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and the CAMS Framework® of Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention
For those of you who use the CAMS framework with your suicidal patients, you know that...
Article
Malpractice Liability Related to Suicidal Risk: How to Decrease the Risk
Few clinical concerns frighten mental health providers more than the fear of being sued for malpractice...
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The Gender Paradox of Suicide: How Suicide Differs Between Men, Women,...
Recently, the question of gender in suicidal behavior has expanded to include transgender and gender-diverse (TGD)...
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Working Competently with Suicidal Patients: Training Opportunities for Vermont Mental Health...
In a courageous article written for the Vermont Association of Psychoanalytic Studies, Dr. Debra Lopez describes...
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Best Practices in Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk
In the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s new guide for best practices in care transitions...
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The Importance of Acknowledging Cultural Differences and Validating the Experiences of...
Sweeping cultural differences under the rug and ignoring the unique experiences of suicidal minority patients undermines...
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Zero Suicide In Vermont
The Vermont Department of Mental Health (DHM) committed to the Zero Suicide framework for suicide prevention...
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NAViGO’s Implementation of CAMS System of Care in UK: Preliminary Positive...
In 2017, NAViGO Community Interest Company implemented CAMS as part of their National Health Service-commissioned health...
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Suicidality in Correctional Facilities: Challenges in Assessing and Treating
With suicide rates rising dramatically over the past few years in both state prisons and local...
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4 Things that Can Go Wrong When Working with Suicidal Minorities
Using a cookie-cutter approach to treatment with a suicidal person who is part of a minority...
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One Size Does Not Fit All – Part 3: Effective Suicidal...
Within clinical science, RCTs are the gold standard of what has proven effective in a causal...
Article
One Size Does Not Fit All – Part 2: Key Developments...
There are various contemporary developments that may help workers in the field to move from a...
Webinar
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (CAMS) Introduction Webinar Recording
Watch a webinar recording introducing the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (CAMS) hosted by The...
Article
One Size Does Not Fit All – Part 1: A Comprehensive...
Why is suicide a major public health issue? Historically, mental health has been largely misunderstood. Learn...
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5 Approaches When Working with Mental Health Minority Clients
Mental health clinicians unintentionally harm therapeutic relationships with minority patients. Learn 5 ways how to approach...
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Reflections on Suicidal Ideation
Crisis – The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention published an Editorial written by David...
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6 Risk Factors for Transgender & Gender Diverse Suicide
Our understanding of how gender affects suicidality was developed when most scholars viewed gender as a...
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Gun Safety and Suicide Prevention
Perhaps you’ve personally known someone, or treated someone, who attempted suicide using a firearm. Chances are,...
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Suicide Malpractice Statistics | The Risk of Suicide Malpractice Lawsuits
Survey data has shown that when patients die by suicide, more than half of patient families...
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How to Treat a Suicidal Patient: The 4 Cornerstones of Care
Effective treatment for suicidal patients requires consistency of care. Learn 4 cornerstones of suicidal care that...